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CEGL003383 Deschampsia cespitosa - Argentina egedii Salt Marsh

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Tufted Hairgrass - Pacific Silverweed Salt Marsh

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: No Data Available

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: No Data Available

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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: No Data Available

Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  No Data Available
Geographic Range: No Data Available

Nations: CA?,US

States/Provinces:  BC?, OR, WA


Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3G4

Greasons: No Data Available
Type Name Database Code Classification Code
Class 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class C02 2
Subclass 2.C Shrub & Herb Wetland Subclass S44 2.C
Formation 2.C.5 Salt Marsh Formation F035 2.C.5
Division 2.C.5.Nc Temperate & Boreal Pacific Coastal Salt Marsh Division D035 2.C.5.Nc
Macrogroup 2.C.5.Nc.1 North American Pacific Coastal Salt Marsh Macrogroup M081 2.C.5.Nc.1
Group 2.C.5.Nc.1.a Lyngbye''s Sedge - Cosmopolitan Bulrush - Sea-milkwort Salt Marsh Group G499 2.C.5.Nc.1.a
Alliance A3899 Tufted Hairgrass - Red Fescue Brackish Salt Marsh Alliance A3899 2.C.5.Nc.1.a
Association CEGL003383 Tufted Hairgrass - Pacific Silverweed Salt Marsh CEGL003383 2.C.5.Nc.1.a
Concept Lineage: No Data Available

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Synonomy: = Tufted Hairgrass - Pacific Silverweed Tidal Herbaceous Vegetation (Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. cespitosa - Argentina egedii) (Christy et al. 1998) [(p.122)]
Concept Author(s): Western Ecology Group

Author of Description: No Data Available

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